EDHD 411 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sigmund Freud, Ingroups And Outgroups, Lawrence Kohlberg
27 Feb 2018
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Moral classification: things everyone agrees are bad (under normal circumstances) Slander: things we don"t agree on. Taxation of rich to support social programs. Death penalty: things everyone agrees are good (under normal circumstances) Morality as imposed by society: sigmund freud, we are born with innate psycho-sexual urges and instincts that conflict with reality, three internal forces. Ego: arbiter of reality and desires that attempts to guide behavior and rationalize behaviors driven by id. Id: unconscious urges; biological needs: food, sex, etc: ego must satisfy id and superego. Suppress, rationalize, channel behavior of id (pleasure principle) Strive to satisfy superego (reality principle: moral rules are imposed from reality, society, not from innate intuitions. Morality as progression towards justice: jean piaget, lawrence kohlberg, children begin with the morality of constraint. Consequentialists: only gradually become autonomous moral agents as preteens and teenagers. Reason about rules as part of a community. Consider fairness and equity when designing rules.
